Greenhouse gas emissions - agricultural: disaggregating headline figures

Disaggregated estimates of greenhouse gas emissions for agricultural subsectors, based on information and analysis by Scotland's Rural College (SRUC).


Footnotes

1. AC0401: Direct energy use in agriculture: opportunities for reducing fossil fuel inputs. Report to Defra

2. As reported in the Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20150218195911/http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Agriculture-Fisheries/PubEconomicReport and Agriculture in the UK https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/agriculture-in-the-united-kingdom-2018

3. Whittaker, C.L., Mortimer, N.D. & Matthews, R.W. (2010) Understanding the carbon footprint of timber transport in the United Kingdom.

4. Morison, J., Matthews, R., Miller, G., Perks, M., Randle, T., Vanguelova, E., White, M. & Yamulki, S. (2012) Understanding the carbon and greenhouse gas balance of forests in Britain. Research Report-Forestry Commission, UK, (018).

5. See 'Coded model pivot table_CH4' tab in the 'Ag_inventory_submission_1970-2018 v2' workbook underpinning the published figures.

6. Moxey, A. & Thomson, S. (2020) Estimated Suckler Beef Climate Scheme effect within the National GHG 'Smart' Inventory.

7. Specifically, by interrogation of the 'N2O' tab in the 'Ag_inventory_submission_1970-2018 v2' workbook underpinning the published figures.

8. Moxey, A. (2016) An Assessment of the Economic Contribution of Scotland's Red Meat Supply Chain. Report to QMS.

9. Specifically, by interrogation of the 'N2O' tab in the 'Ag_inventory_submission_1970-2018 v2' workbook underpinning the published figures.

10. Specifically, by interrogation of the 'N2O' tab in the 'Ag_inventory_submission_1970-2018 v2' workbook underpinning the published figures.

11. Hubbard, C., Davis, J., Feng, S., Harvey, D., Liddon, A., Moxey, A., Ojo, M., Patton, M., Philippidis, G., Scott, C., Shrestha, S. & Wallace, M. (2019) Brexit: How might UK Agriculture Thrive or Survive? Report to ESRC.

12. Specifically, by interrogation of the 'N2O' tab in the 'Ag_inventory_submission_1970-2018 v2' workbook underpinning the published figures.

13. Specifically, by interrogation of the 'CO2' tab in the 'Ag_inventory_submission_1970-2018 v2' workbook underpinning the published figures.

14. As above.

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